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OK ("the most frequently spoken or written word on the planet") (en.m.wikipedia.org)

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[–] hakase@lemm.ee 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

... but then you remembered that there are 8,000 languages in the world other than English, and recalled that "ok" has been borrowed into a ton of them.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Surprised it isn't the bazillion iterations of mom.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Taxi does work

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why is it in Latin

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

taxa, charge

Neat